San Francisco (California) [US], March 24 (ANI): Amazon (AMZN.O) said Monday that its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud region in Bahrain has been disrupted by drone activity tied to the ongoing Middle East conflict, the second such incident affecting operations this month, Reuters reported.
An Amazon spokesperson told Reuters the disruption occurred amid drone activity in the area, but the company did not immediately confirm whether the Bahrain facility itself was struck or the impact came from nearby attacks.
“As this situation evolves and, as we have advised before, we request those with workloads in the affected regions continue to migrate to other locations,” Amazon said Monday night.
The company said it is helping customers move workloads to alternate AWS regions while recovery continues, but did not detail the damage or give a timeline for full restoration, Reuters reported.
AWS, Amazon’s cloud arm, powers many major websites, enterprises and government services worldwide and is a primary profit driver for the company.
According to Reuters, this is the second time drone activity has affected AWS infrastructure in the region since the outbreak of the US-Israel war with Iran. Earlier this month, AWS facilities in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates experienced power outages after being impacted by military activity.
Reuters earlier reported that the strike on the UAE facility was the first known instance of military action disrupting a major US tech company’s data centre. At the time, Amazon said the damage was significant and warned of a “prolonged” recovery. “These strikes have caused structural damage, disrupted power delivery to our infrastructure, and in some cases required fire suppression activities that resulted in additional water damage,” AWS said on its status page, according to Reuters.
Amazon had also noted that the Bahrain region had been affected by a drone strike in proximity to one of its facilities, Reuters added. (ANI)
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